The size of the world in Just Cause 2 makes the mini map or map more valuable than any landmarks present. That fact can be applied to many open world games quite easily, but the city layouts from GTA III all the way up to GTA IV/RDR are incredibly easy to navigate due to how well the areas are constructed.
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*Spoiler* Grand Theft Auto V map leaked *Spoiler*
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The size of the world in Just Cause 2 makes the mini map or map more valuable than any landmarks present. That fact can be applied to many open world games quite easily, but the city layouts from GTA III all the way up to GTA IV/RDR are incredibly easy to navigate due to how well the areas are constructed.
Gangxxter
Member
That's true, this is the right scale:
(Can't post this comparison often enough)
Credits to Magic_Al@GTAForums
weekend_warrior
Banned
Dammit I can't believe nothing else has leaked. Why isn't this asshole with the strategy guide posting more stuff?
HawksWinStanley
Member
I'm hoping the achievements leak soon.
The achievements leaked ages ago.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Aw no way. The GTA threads move to god damn fast to catch stuff like this.
The map is enormous (especially considering Rockstar always creates interesting worlds without 'filler' locations like some other open-world games), but is it just me or is the Los Santos itself smaller than GTA IV's Liberty City? That would be kinda disappointing, since the city-part is always the most exciting imo.
It's roughly the same size if you take out the watery bits of Liberty City, with Los Santos being slightly larger.
Los Santos city is roughly the same size as Liberty City in GTA4.
Spat_triate
Member
How big is the GTA V map in sq km?
Arma 3's Atlis is 275 sq km and is tremendously huge.
Arma 3's Atlis is 275 sq km and is tremendously huge.
That's a perfect size map for an open world game if you ask me. I love Skyrim, and I'm sure some people will disagree, but I wished the world/map was just a little smaller. Or Far Cry 3, that map was just way too huge (plus there wasn't enough to do). This looks just the right size! Of course I could be wrong, I'm going by looks.
Edit: god I wish this was on PC from the get go!
Edit: god I wish this was on PC from the get go!
Graphics Horse
Member
It's about 50 or less (land area)
vagabondarts
Member
No San Fierro this time?
They're saving it for the greatest DLC of all time.
Because it will be one day.
IdreamofHIME
Member
The airport is like 1/4 the size of the city, wtf?
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Not as big as I was expecting.
I thought it was supposed to have all of San Andreas again?
I thought it was supposed to have all of San Andreas again?
IdreamofHIME
Member
I mean Los Santos International Airport, at the very south of the map. That whole peninsula looks like the airport and it's gigantic.
Certinty
Member
I wouldn't go that far but it does look around the same size as all the cities in San Andreas put together, which is pretty disappointing to say the least.
valkillmore
Member
You're thinking of Las Venturas. THAT would be the greatest DLC of all time.
weekend_warrior
Banned
You're thinking of Shadow Moses. THAT would be the greatest DLC of all time.
BeekleMatter
Member
Might seem small but you were on a horse the whole game.
Yeah It does look huge, im hoping the main airport only runs to were you see the purple line looping... and maybe the prior area is storage/industrial areas. The docks look massive too.
Im thinking maybe that map is a general one and not a detailed 1, as the main Los santos is highlighted in grey (obviously), the outter areas with tracks, small towns etc are perhaps not filled in with buildings on that map.
Net_Wrecker
Member
The entire peninsula is not the airport. The airport is at the end. And anyway, you're putting too much stock into this map. Think about the airport in GTAIV. Now imagine the rest of the city except with even wider roads and more elevation changes. That's Los Santos. The airport looks big here, but that's only because it's hard to perceive that many of the roads are 6 and 8 lanes with more space this time around with this 2D map having no detail.
GTAV Los Santos is as big as GTAIV Liberty City. The San Andreas cities will be small in comparison. Go to Youtube and view footage of San Andreas with the maximum draw distance mod. It's not actually that big.
IdreamofHIME
Member
I dont trust the scale, GTA4 is pretty damn tiny in that comparison and RDR's is positivity tiny..
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Kinda cool each GTA game takes place on a super dysfunctional island state.
That's so we can recreate the final scene in Fast and the Furious 6!
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Reposting from the other thread:
It probably wouldn't be too difficult to get a fairly accurate estimate on the square mileage of the map based off that image, doing some pixel counting and scale conversions using the average length of say a 4-door sedan as the scale determination at the furthest zoom.
Spoiler of Map. Scale of Map Size Part 2
Source Forbes.com
http://b-i.forbesimg.com/davidthier/files/2013/09/1378822017-9999954.jpg
It probably wouldn't be too difficult to get a fairly accurate estimate on the square mileage of the map based off that image, doing some pixel counting and scale conversions using the average length of say a 4-door sedan as the scale determination at the furthest zoom.
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TrueMenace
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This game is going to be INCREDIBLE!!! 7 days to go! Woo!
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
This will be played for 100's of hours.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Bigger than real-life San Francisco!
Graphics Horse
Member
There's a partially cut off scale in the bottom left. Top 1 black+ 1 white bar is 2000ft, bottom is 2/3 km.
I'd say the distance between northern and southern landmass is more than 11 km.
Perhaps including the detailed ocean it hits 12km, they might be limited to twice the 6km max width&height that contained San Andreas/GTAIV/RDR base maps.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Oh early guide purchases. Reminds me of when I was able to purchase the Zelda: Twilight Princess guide three weeks before the game's release as I was there when browsing a store and the shipments came in and I asked if I could purchase one.
Though didn't post anything online at the time. Regardless, interesting map.
Though didn't post anything online at the time. Regardless, interesting map.
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
I saw it before I left for work this morning and I can't get it out of my mind.
I keep seeing that damned Ninja Turtle in the Map! I'm seeing Turtles here man!
I keep seeing that damned Ninja Turtle in the Map! I'm seeing Turtles here man!